A Milwaukee-area meatpacking plant that was hit hard by a 2009 fire is donating $50,000 to local firefighters for their “heroic efforts” in fighting the blaze. The donation is from the Patrick Cudahy plant and its parent company, Smithfield Foods …
Kansas labor officials say nonfatal workplace injuries in Kansas fell by 12 percent in 2009, the most recent year the statistics are available. The Department of Labor says the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses showed the state’s nonfatal workplace …
Texas-based insurance broker Bowen, Miclette & Britt Inc. has expanded into the Florida market though the acquisition of Huckleberry Sibley & Harvey Insurance & Bonds. The acquired agency, HSH, has a client base in personal lines and commercial lines with …
Pennsylvania-based Keystone Insurers Group said it has added CSE Agency Inc. and CSE Financial Services Inc., of Virginia, as a franchise partner. CSE Agency and CSE Financial Services were established in 1994 following the merger of insurance agencies in the …
R.V. Nuccio and Associates has launched Wedsure.com – a new wedding insurance product website. Wedsure.com introduces new areas such as “What Could Go Wrong?” “Celebrity Choice,” and “Wedsure Buzz,” which includes links to extensive magazine and TV coverage from MSNBC, …
Missouri lawmakers are trying to prevent an influx of students transferring out of failing schools after the state Supreme Court partially sided with a group of St. Louis parents suing to force unaccredited districts to pick up the tab to …
Bradford & Barthel has filed a Petition for Review with the California Supreme Court questioning whether the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board may make a 100 percent permanent disability award that ignores the American Medical Association (AMA) Guides and Almaraz/Guzman, and …
The fiancée of a victim of last August’s shooting rampage at a beer distributorship in Manchester, Connecticut is putting the state’s workers’ compensation benefits law to the test. Stephanie Laurin was engaged to William Ackerman, one of eight people killed …
Vermont lawmakers may ask the Shumlin administration to produce recommendations for reforming the medical malpractice system in the state with an eye to lowering health care costs. In debates over health care reform both at the state and federal level, …
Two pieces of legislation recently filed in Texas would require insurance companies to provide customers with more complete information on rate increases and expand resources available to consumers for shopping the market. Rep. Armando Walle of Houston says House Bill …
